Phillips faces question about job security

IRVING – That gorilla on his back that Wade Phillips spoke of before the start of the season grabbed a little tighter Monday when a reporter asked the 63-year-old coach about his job security.

In light of the Cowboys’ pitiful 0-2 start, Phillips is once again a target for those who blame the coach for all the club’s ills.

Phillips said he is considering making changes to spark the Cowboys, who face Houston (2-0) on Sunday at Reliant Stadium. But he was quick to point out that he’s not shaking up the team to ensure he keeps his job.

“It doesn’t have anything to do with that,” Phillips said. “It’s my own pride in myself and working at what I do and trying to do better if it isn’t working out. I’ve said it before, we went 11-5 in Houston and we’d just been to the AFC championship game two years in a row. We lost a playoff game and they fired us. I thought I was doing a good job. From then on I didn’t judge myself on those things, I judged myself on how hard I worked at it and what I tried to do.”